Yup...my first train set was Flyer, my dad I built up quite a roster and had an impressive layout in the back of the garage (no basements in San Francisco). In addition we had a display layout we built in sections that went around the tree in the living room. That allowed us to inflict model railroading on all our friends and relatives once a year!
When I went away to college in addition to girls, football, etc...I decided to build a logging layout (thank you Jack Work and Paul Larson-Mineral Point Northern RR) with a 1920's era flavor. It was small and ran on a 3'6 by 6'6" table so I went HO. Had a PFM shay and a Ma &Pa consolidation. That started me in HO for many years. Dabbled in S Scale when I built up a Geep 35 in WP, several years ago (sold that one to Lee Johnson), and stayed in HO for reasons I can't explain. But I continued to follow S Scale happenings. I just this year made the decision to switch fully to S Scale, and sold all my HO to friends and anyone else I could find and am glad I did. I don't have a layout up yet but am building turnouts, structures and planning how best to do an effective around the wall shelf layout. I think moving to S was a great decision. There are plenty of offerings from the manufacturers, and S scalers are modelers, where as HO is being taken over by toy train collectors. S is best! --- In [email protected], "rhettgraves" <rcandamoon...@...> wrote: > > Hey y'all, > > With all the talk about American Models being the Athearn Blue Box equivalent > and the need to introduce new modelers to S scale, I'm wondering how many > folks on this list got their start in S scale model railroading? I'm > particularly interested in the responses of those who have operating S scale > layouts. And what I mean is that the first SCALE model train you bought was > 1:64 proportions (Flyer as a kid doesn't count). > > My guess is that S scale was a secondary scale modeling choice for many of > us. If that's the case, shouldn't our product lines appeal more to the > experienced modeler than the newbie? > > Stirring the pot, > Rhett Graves > Starkville, MS > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
